WEBVTT A CHRISTMAS GIFT HAS GONE UNOPENED FOR ALMOST 50 YEARSHEAR WHY DOREENE MCCOY SAYS SHENEVER OPENED IT... AFTER THEBREAK. A CHRISTMAS GIFT HAS BEEN UNOPENED UNDER A CHRISTMAS TREE FOR 46 YEARS.. 93 YEAR OLD DOREENE MCCOY SAYS WHEN HER AND HER HUSBAND EXCHANGED GIFTS, THEY OPENED ALLBUT ONE.HERE'S THE PRESENT, IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FOR 46 YEARS. NEVER BEEN OPENED, ORIGINAWRAP.THEY BOTH KNEW WHAT IT WAS, SO INSTEAD OF ONE OF THEM TAKING THAT LAST GIFT TO OPEN THEDECIDED THEY WOULD KEEP IT UNTILTHE NEXT YEAR. AFTER ALL, TIMES MIGHT BE HARD AND THAT WOULD BTHE ONLY GIFT UNDER THE TREE. ALTHOUGH THEY HAD THEIR MIDDLE CLASS STRUGGLES, IT TURNED OUT THAT TIMES WERE NEVER THAT HAR>> DO Y THINK YOU'LL EVER OPENTHE PRESENT. >> NOT IN MY LIFETIME, MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL OPEN I AFTERWARDS, I'LL PASS IT ON TO ONE OF MY KIDS IF THE WANT IT. >>SHE SAYS THE GIFT IS A CHINESE CHECKERS SET AND THAT CHRISTMAS IS HER FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR. HER ADVICE TO EVERYONE THIS SEASON... TO JUST BE HAPPY AND

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Updated: 11:46 AM EST Dec 23, 2016

CLINTON, Miss. —

Decades have passed but Doreene McCoy, of Clinton, Miss., still places an unopened gift under the Christmas tree as a tradition.